South and frmidwest. Om houston to new orleans, millions more at risk today and al is tracking it ally. Closel those stories, plus under re. Why the prosecutors behind the central park five case is facing scrutiny 30 years later. Es re gone wrong. A very rough person being lifted to safety. And good fortune. The Mega Millions jackpot jumps. A Fortune Cookie is to thank for his 344 million win fall. Today, june 5th, 2019. Announcer from nbc news, this is today with Savannah Guthrie and hoda kotb live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. Good morning, everybody. Welcome to today. Thank you forng joini us on a wednesday morning. And this case in florida was a stunner. Legal experts talking about what kind of precedent this may set moving forward. Absolutely. This development in the mass shooting at Marjorie StonemanScot Peterson, the School Resource officer accused of not doing enough to stop that massacre finds himself under air force arrest. This is one year after he sat down with in an exclusive interview. She said he followed protoco procedures at the time. Kerr sanders has the latest on this turn of events. Good morning. Reporter good morning, savannah. Scot peterson, the former deputy will be in bond court later this morning. Re when an officer is arrested and booked into a jail like this here. But when it does happen, its usually for something that the officer did. In this case, its for what peterson did not do. This morning Scot Peterson is behind bars accused of failing to act during the Parkland Florida High School massacre. I think we got shots fierd. Possible shots fired. Rorter peterso was the only armed deputy at marjoriean stonem Douglas High School when nicolas cruz stormed the school killing 14 students and 3 staffers. Ce surveillan video shows peterson never entered the building as the gunman went floor to floor firing 140 rounds. Terson is now charged with child neglect, percentage, and culpable negligence. Some parents of students killed that day say peterson should be held accountable. He needs to go to jail and he needs t serve a lifetime in prison for not going in that day and taking do the death of our loved ones. Did freezu freeze . No. Reporter in an interview with savannah last year, he defended his tions. I did everything that i felt at the time was appropriate. You cannot violate policy and procedures and still not get it right. Youre right. Youre absolutely right. Ha is that whappened here . Exactly. Like i said, savannah, this will haunte the rest of my life. It will. You know, those were my kids. D thats why with it hurts the way it does. Reporter petersons attorney issuing a statement saying in part, the states action appears to be nothing more than a thinly veiled attempt at against mr. Peterson. There has only ever been one person to blame nicolas cruz. This morning one police union here in florida is asking how far can charges like this go towards other Law Enforcement officers. They used the example of an officer responding to a fight. They arrived at an ongoing fight. He hesitates or she hesitates to break it up. Then later one of those in the fight dies. Could thatfficer then be charged with culpable negligence. The concern is how far does this criminal second guessing go for an officers inaction. All right. Thank you so much. With some of tho questions we turn to nbc news legal analyst danny cevallos. Danny, how unusual is this . How unprecedented is it to have criminal charges not for something that an officer did but for something that he failed to do according to the indictment . Its very unusual. It arguably sets a danrous ncen away from their dut ts. Because Supreme Court has aid when police are s civiyll is a lower burden o qualified pro immunity that pol officers enjoy from being sued. So itort of it goes against the spirit of qualifiedy to suggest that inaction inunit tmmhis isituation could result in criminal culpability. Because negligence in the criminal context is always hi higher than the negligence in the civil context. Es peterson fac up to a hundred years in prison if convicted on all counts here. Arat might we see Going Forward with this particulcase . The statutory maximum is never indicative of what somebody is going to get. A first time aumpbder like peters is not going to get the max which is arrived at adding up all the possible maximums end to end consecutively. Its not a realistic forecast. Realistically, though, he is looking at jail time. These are felony charges. The real question is ultimately does his conduct even fit within the florida statute . Thats normally aher adult ihou. Does that School Police officer s or School Resource officers as theyre called . Prosecutors have certainlyre hed out and decided to be aggressive in this charge. So well see if it holds up in court. Well see what happens. Thank you veryest um p ismu fac serious opposition from his own party ove plans to impose newariffs on mexico. This morning a growing number of lawmakers sayg they will block President Trump and it comes as the president is wrapping up his first state visit to the united kingdom. Weve got the latest from london, but we start with nbc White House Correspondent kristen welker. Yood morning tou. U. High stakes talks will get underway here later today. E Vice President will lead the ch, bhe p sti in europe. Looming large, the possibility of sparking a trade war with mexico that could impact the price consumers pay for everything from cars to electronics and groceries and now some republicans are signaling they mayo t tp theto s president. This morning President Trump is trying to suppress a republican revolt with a number of gop senators threatening to pass legislation that would block him from slapping new tariffs on all mexican imports. Something the president has threatened to do next monday unless m mico doese to stem the flow of migrants. Mr. Trump trying to down play the opposition from his own party. I dont think they will do that. I think if they do, its foolish. Reporter while making it clear hes serious. We are going to see if we can do something. But i think its more likely the tariffs go on. Reporter in just hours, u. S. And mexican negotiators are set meet trying to prevent the tariffs which would start at 5 from kicking in next week. Many republicans concerned the standoff could hurt the u. S. Economy passing costs to u. S. Consumers and derailing a pending trade deal. Its safe to say were not fans of tariffs. Were still hoping that this could be avoided. Reporter democrats predicting the president will ultimately fold. I believe he will back off when faced with the opposition among business, among his own erepublicans, and when h sees what a dumb move he has made. Reporter overnight the president firing back in a tweet. Can you imagine crying Chuck Schumer saying out loud for all to hear that i am w bluffingh respect to putting tariffs on mexico . What a creep. It comes as the Trump Administration faces new scrutiny over its immigration policies including botched efforts to reach unaccompanied igrant families. Inhi c july of 201837 children betw 12 had to wait in vans eti ovo benierght. Processed and reunited with their families. A top House Republican is demanding an explanation from t the departmen of Homeland Security andanealth and hum as much ass calling the report completely unacceptable. Now, an i. C. E. Spokesman s that july incident was unusual. While acknowledging there were some processing delays out of the situation and delays havd been resolve and the Children Reunited with their families. Still that explanation is not good enough. Aen for some republicans we just mentioned. The head of the energy and Commerce Committee called the revelations unacceptable and is demandin swers. You. This tariff battle is taking place as the president is wrapping up his first state visit to the uk. Had meetings with the royal family and outgoing Prime Minister theresa may. Overnight, the president sounded off on all of it in a new interview. Peter alexander is traveling with the president. Good morning. Reporter good morning to you again. Ahead of the dday anniversary, rightow President Trump is in portsmouth. Hes marking 75 years since allies stormed the beaches of normandy. Hes with the queen and many World Leaders joining about 300 veterans. Most of them 90s to commemorate the day. And President Trump is sharing his t hosts. About his royal welcoming Prince Charles and camilla to the ambassadors residence. In an interview with piers morgan, climate change. Ill what moved me isel his tou paslsion y for fut generations. Hes really not doing this for him. He is Prince Charles. He doesnt have to worry about future generations in theory unless heo a cares aboutpeople. Reporter he did speak with prince harry after diissing his comment of his wife. I think hes a terrific guy. He couldt have been nicer. Reporter and about the comments . She was nasty to me. That was fine. It wasnt good for me to be nasty to her and i wasnt. Reporter then touring the churchill rooms. President trump was pressed about something never serd in vietnam receiving multiple deferments for bone spurs. Zblifs not a fan of that war. That was not something we should havein been involved i would have been honored but i think i make up for it right now. Reporter on the topic of the uss john mccain, the president again pushed back. Despite the navy andis own chief of staff acknowledging the white house asked the military to move the mccain out of sight during President Trumps recent trip to japan, the president disputes it. First of all, i didnt know anything about it. But imot evenure it happened. I hear its fe news. But maybe it is, maybe it isnt. But again, i dontt talk abou john main unless somodebsky a e and peter, thesident still talking about those protesters. Whats he saying about that . Reporter insisting on twitter this morningnohere were massive rallies against him in london. Claiming instead the only big crowds were gathered in support of him and the united states. There were a small Trump Supporters on the streets. We hadou crews thrghout the city. But they were significantly outnumbered by those protesters roughly 10,000 in all. Far fewer than during the president s last visit, but hardly a warm reception. All right. Peter alexander in london, thank you. Now to that dangerous o weathern the move across the south and midwest this morning where flood ravaged regions are facing another devastating round ofor tntial rain today. 9 Million People are under a flash flood watch. 31 million at risk for severe storms. Well gec to als fort in just a moment but we start with gabe gutierrez. Hes in houston which finds self in the crosshairs. Good morning. Reporter good morning. Heavyain is expected here throughout the day making for miserable morning commute. And right now as you mentioned, we arelander a f flood watch. This is theatest area in the bullseye of unrelentweather. Afterks wee of Severe Weather and historic flooding acss the country, this morning the gulf coast is bracing for a new round of torrential downpours. This is the highest level seen. Ter that i have reporter flooding in at least sevente sta is the longest lasting since the great flood of 1927. Parts of theip lower mississpi river valley have already been soakedy more than 40 inches of rain this year. Almost double the annual average amount. Theuiiver at st. Lo is expected to crest thursday to its second hig record. L on in baton rouge, louisiana, it crept above flood stage in january and hasnt dropped below that since. On tuesday vice presiden pence toured the damage in oklahoma. This is a long road back, but we stay in it together. Well build these communities back gebefore. Reporter for farmers across the region, it has been devastating. Whats been the toughest part of the last few months . Uncertainty of whether its goinghigher. Reporter in arkansas, jamie price has had to sell c300tle with 700 acres ofla farm under water. Hes struggling t maintain his corn, soybean, wheat, and rice fields. This is beyond mprehension. Nowhere near anything you fathomed that you could would see in your litime. Reporter and right now, wereetting hit by heavy rain here in houston. Again, its expected to continue throughout the day. So much so that the Houston Fire Department has a precaution to prepare itser specialized wat rescue team created aftrr huane harvey. My goodness. All right. Gabe gutierrez, thank you. Feels lik these guys cant get a break down south. And unfortunately its going to get worse. 12 Million People at weve got up. You can see the heavy rain, just plumes of moisture out of the gulf. Fact, for tomorrow weve got a risk of Severe Weather for houston all the way down to almost brownsville. Hail. Hr could see a tornado but we think that tt is low. Heres the problem. Weve got very well soil moisture already. Its saturated in the river valleys. Now we have this plume ofveoist air o really the most , we are talking about anywhere from 6 to 10 inches of rain from houston all the way to the panhandle of florid g and that ing to put a lot of pressure on these areas for flooding. As fact, we have a high risk of flooding just e of victoria all the way west of new orleans. Hourly rail rates, 2 to 3 inches ofrain. It doesnt end today. It moves into th ursday. Weve got a on into the panhandle. Hourly rainfall rates of 2 inches. Even into friday, thateavy rain continues and you can see the risk of floodingnds into the mississippiex andte Arkansas River valleys. Were going to get to your local forecast coming up in the next 30 seconds. Eatles ] when did you write that . I didnt write it. The beatles wrote it. Who . Somehow im the only person in the world who remembers the beatles. Can i do this . Let me just give you this advice. Hey dude hey dude are you sure . Thats so mu better. Dude, dude, dude good morning. Bell. Teorologist chu clouds have been rolling in during the overnight hours. Chancesl help limit any of Severe Weather today. Theres still opportunity for a stronger storm or two in the afternoon today. Well keep you ahead of any potential bad weather. 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